Thandiwe Newton

Thandiwe Newton

Melanie Thandiwe Newton OBE (born 6 November 1972), formerly credited as Thandie Newton, is a British actress. Newton is known for starring roles such as the title character in Beloved (1998), Nyah Nordoff-Hall in Mission: Impossible 2 (2000), Tiffany in Shade (2003), Dame Vaako in The Chronicles of Riddick (2004), Christine in Crash (2004), Linda in The Pursuit of Happyness (2006), Libby in Run Fatboy Run (2007), Stella in RockNRolla (2008), Condoleezza Rice in W. (2008), Laura Wilson in 2012 (2009), Tangie Adrose in For Colored Girls (2010), Maeve Millay in Westworld (2016–2022), Roz Huntley in Line of Duty (2017), and Val in Solo: A Star Wars Story (2018). Newton has received various awards, including an Emmy Award for Outstanding Supporting Actress in a Drama Series, a BAFTA Award for Best Actress in a Supporting Role, and two Critics' Choice Awards, in addition to nominations for two Golden Globe Awards, a Saturn Award, a Screen Actors Guild Award, and a British Academy Television Award for Best Actress. She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2019 New Year Honours for services to film and charity. Description above from the Wikipedia article Thandiwe Newton, licensed under CC-BY-SA, full list of contributors on Wikipedia.

More details

Known For

Filmography

2025

Anaconda
Anaconda
Movie - Released: 12/25/2025

2024

Mufasa: The Lion King
Mufasa: The Lion King
as Eshe (voice)
Movie - Released: 12/18/2024

2023

Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
Chicken Run: Dawn of the Nugget
as Ginger (voice)
Movie - Released: 12/8/2023

2022

God's Country
God's Country
as Sandra Guidry
Movie - Released: 9/15/2022
All the Old Knives
All the Old Knives
as Celia Harrison
Movie - Released: 4/8/2022
Human Resources
Human Resources
as Mona (voice)
TV - Released: 3/18/2022

2021

Reminiscence
Reminiscence
as Emily 'Watts' Sanders
Movie - Released: 8/18/2021

2020

Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
Nations United: Urgent Solutions for Urgent Times
as Self
Movie - Released: 9/19/2020

2019

The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
The Death & Life of John F. Donovan
as Journalist
Movie - Released: 3/13/2019

2018

Gringo
Gringo
as Bonnie Soyinka
Movie - Released: 3/8/2018
Solo: A Star Wars Story
Solo: A Star Wars Story
as Val
Movie - Released: 5/15/2018
Family Feud
Family Feud
as Joan
Movie - Released: 1/4/2018
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
Women Make Film: A New Road Movie Through Cinema
as Narrator (voice)
TV - Released: 9/1/2018
The Big Narstie Show
The Big Narstie Show
as Self
TV - Released: 6/29/2018

2017

Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon
Bill Cosby: Fall of an American Icon
as Self - Narrator (voice)
Movie - Released: 6/5/2017
Big Mouth
Big Mouth
as Mona (voice)
TV - Released: 9/29/2017

2016

Westworld
Westworld
as Maeve Millay
TV - Released: 10/2/2016

2015

The Slap
The Slap
as Aisha
TV - Released: 2/12/2015
The Late Late Show with James Corden
The Late Late Show with James Corden
as Self - Guest
TV - Released: 3/23/2015
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
Close Up with The Hollywood Reporter
as Self
TV - Released: 8/2/2015
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
The Late Show with Stephen Colbert
as Self
TV - Released: 9/8/2015

2014

The Tonight Show Starring Jimmy Fallon
Off Camera with Sam Jones
Off Camera with Sam Jones
as Self
TV - Released: 2/6/2014
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
Variety Studio: Actors on Actors
as Self
TV - Released: 12/21/2014

2013

Half of a Yellow Sun
Half of a Yellow Sun
as Olanna
Movie - Released: 9/8/2013
Rogue
Rogue
as Grace Travis
TV - Released: 4/3/2013

2012

Good Deeds
Good Deeds
as Lindsey
Movie - Released: 2/23/2012
Line of Duty
Line of Duty
as DCI Roz Huntley
TV - Released: 6/26/2012

2011

Retreat
Retreat
as Kate
Movie - Released: 10/14/2011
The Prophet
The Prophet
as Narrator
Movie - Released: 1/3/2011

2010

Vanishing on 7th Street
Vanishing on 7th Street
as Rosemary
Movie - Released: 9/11/2010
For Colored Girls
For Colored Girls
as Tangie / Orange
Movie - Released: 11/5/2010
Huge
Huge
as Kris
Movie - Released: 6/18/2010
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
2012: Roland Emmerich - Master of the Modern Epic
as Self
Movie - Released: 3/2/2010
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
The End of the World: The Actor's Perspective
as Self
Movie - Released: 3/2/2010

2009

2012
2012
as Laura Wilson
Movie - Released: 10/10/2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Special Guest
TV - Released: 2/2/2009
RuPaul's Drag Race
RuPaul's Drag Race
as Self - Guest Judge
TV - Released: 2/2/2009

2008

W.
W.
as Condoleezza Rice
Movie - Released: 10/17/2008
RocknRolla
RocknRolla
as Stella
Movie - Released: 9/4/2008
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
How to Lose Friends & Alienate People
as Self
Movie - Released: 10/2/2008

2007

Run Fatboy Run
Run Fatboy Run
as Libby
Movie - Released: 9/6/2007
Norbit
Norbit
as Kate Thomas
Movie - Released: 2/8/2007
Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream
Making Pursuit: An Italian Take on the American Dream
as Self
Movie - Released: 3/27/2007
Father and Son: On Screen and Off
Father and Son: On Screen and Off
Movie - Released: 5/22/2007
The Graham Norton Show
The Graham Norton Show
as Self
TV - Released: 2/22/2007

2006

The Pursuit of Happyness
The Pursuit of Happyness
as Linda
Movie - Released: 12/14/2006
The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa
The Interrogation of Leo and Lisa
as The Mona Lisa
Movie - Released: 3/29/2006

2005

Crash
Crash
as Christine Thayer
Movie - Released: 5/6/2005
American Dad!
American Dad!
as Makeva (voice)
TV - Released: 2/6/2005
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
The Late Late Show with Craig Ferguson
as Self
TV - Released: 1/3/2005

2004

The Chronicles of Riddick
The Chronicles of Riddick
as Dame Vaako
Movie - Released: 6/11/2004

2003

Shade
Shade
as Tiffany
Movie - Released: 5/18/2003

2002

The Truth About Charlie
The Truth About Charlie
as Regina Lambert
Movie - Released: 10/25/2002

2000

Mission: Impossible II
Mission: Impossible II
as Nyah Hall
Movie - Released: 5/24/2000
It Was an Accident
It Was an Accident
as Noreen Hurlock
Movie - Released: 10/27/2000

1998

Besieged
Besieged
as Shandurai
Movie - Released: 2/5/1998
Beloved
Beloved
as Beloved
Movie - Released: 10/16/1998

1997

Gridlock'd
Gridlock'd
as Barbara 'Cookie' Cook
Movie - Released: 1/29/1997
In Your Dreams
In Your Dreams
as Clare
Movie - Released: 12/13/1997

1996

The Leading Man
The Leading Man
as Hilary Rule
Movie - Released: 12/12/1996
The Daily Show
The Daily Show
as Self
TV - Released: 7/22/1996

1995

The Journey of August King
The Journey of August King
as Annalees
Movie - Released: 9/14/1995
Jefferson in Paris
Jefferson in Paris
as Sally Hemings
Movie - Released: 3/31/1995

1994

Interview with the Vampire
Interview with the Vampire
as Yvette
Movie - Released: 11/11/1994
Loaded
Loaded
as Zita
Movie - Released: 9/1/1994
ER
ER
as Makemba 'Kem' Likasu
TV - Released: 9/19/1994

1993

The Young Americans
The Young Americans
as Rachael Stevens
Movie - Released: 10/8/1993

1991

Flirting
Flirting
as Thandiwe Adjewa
Movie - Released: 3/20/1991
Pirate Prince
Pirate Prince
as Becky Newton
Movie - Released: 12/26/1991